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I had a lesson with Caruso in which I started playing without tapping my foot, he immediately stopped me and told me to come back when I was ready to play. He told me I wasn't tapping my foot, meant I wasn't tieing the time to my body and playing. The late Sam Burtis (may he rest in peace tells the same story), we talked about it the later years after Carmine had passed and we agreed it was a great lesson. The body has to know before the movements become automatic.

Laurel & Hardy made silent comedy about foot tapping. And break-away pants.